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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 6, 2008

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood watch at Oct 6, 2008, 5:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2008, 5:33 AM CDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 6, 5:12 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:12 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 1:28 PM CDT, 16 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
128 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-061830-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
128 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 /1228 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE
AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...NEAR THE PECOS RIVER...
AND IN THE PERMIAN BASIN. A LINE OF STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY FORM.
STORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST INCREASING THE CHANCE OF STRONG WINDS.
ALSO A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM NEAR PRESIDIO TO RIO GRANDE
VILLAGE WILL CONTINUE TODAY DUE TO RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON.  IF HEAVY
RAIN FALLS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IT WILL ONLY ADD TO FLOODING CONCERNS.

GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.  THE RELEASE
RATE FROM LUIS LEON HAS LEVELED OFF... BUT RIVER AND LOWLAND FLOODING
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTHEAST OF A CARLSBAD TO FORT STOCKTON LINE. SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland45 min
Oct 5, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland47 min
Oct 5, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell56 min
Oct 5, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.